Tent peg



Sept. 12, 194 J. F; E ERE 2,358,089

TENT PEG Filed Oct. 20. 1943 .JFZeGeve Patented Sept. 12, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TEN T PEG Joseph Francis Le Gere, Rock Hill, S. 0. Application October 20, 1943, Serial No. 507,050

2 Claims.

The invention relates to tent pegs and stakes, and has for its object to provide a device of this kind which may be driven into the ground, repeatedly, without shattering the elongated wooden body.

A further object is to provide the stake with a plurality of circumferential grooves for the reception of turns of a tent stay before the tying operation and the grooves preventing upward or downward displacement of the" stay on the tent peg, thereby obviating the common difiiculty with devices of this character where the stay slips off the upper end of the stake.

A further object is to provide a tent stake comprising elongated body member formed from wood and having a metallic piercing member on its lower end for penetrating relatively hard ground, and which piercing member is provided with a hard steel point which may be renewed as desired.

A further object is to provide the lower end of the body of the stake with a frustoconically shaped projection disposed in a tapered socket of the metallic body of the point and to hold said metallic body in position by a hard steel renewable point having a threaded member extending axially upwardly through the body and into the lower end of the frustoconically shaped end of the Wooden body.

A further object is to provide a frustoconically shaped collar on the upper end of the peg engaging a similarly shaped wooden end and forming means whereby a relatively heavy hammer can be used in driving the stake into the ground without shattering the wooden body of the stake.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stake.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the stake, parts shown in section.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective point.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the method of tying a stay to the stake.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I designates the elongated cylindrical body of the stake. The lower end of the body I is provided with view of the hard steel a frustoconically shaped end, the base of which is of less diameter than the diameter of the body I, thereby forming/a shoulder 3, against which the upper end of the metallic conically shaped body '4 of the point engages, and when the portion 2 is in the frustoconically shaped chamber 5 of the body 4 and percussive blows applied to the upper end of the stake the lower end of the wooden body I will not be shattered, hence the stake may be used again and again.

The metallic body 4 is held in position by a threaded shank 6 carried by the hard steel point I, and which threaded shank is threaded at 8, axially into the frustoconically shaped portion 2 of the'body I. By providing a relatively hard steel point I, it is obvious this point will pierce the hardest of ground, and should it be broken or become dull from constant use, it may be easily renewed.

The upper end of the Wooden body I is provided with a reduced frustoconically shaped end 9, surrounded by a similarly shaped collar II], the lower end of which engages the shoulder I I of the body, therefore it will be-seen that the upper end of the wooden body is protected against shattering and the more the peg is hammered the tighter the peg will become, therefore it will be seen that a protected stake is provided which may be used again and again, and should the point 1 become broken or dulled the same may be easily renewed. A great deal of difficulty has been experienced with tent stakes, particularly in high winds, as the tent stays I2 slip upwardly on the pegs. To obviate this difficulty the peg body I, adjacent its upper end, is provided with a plurality of circumferential grooves I3 for the reception of the turns I4 of the stay. After the turns I4 are passed around the stake in the grooves I3 a half hitch I 5 is placed in the stay for securely holding the stay attached to the stake. 'It will be noted that when the half hitch I5 i -tightened by imparting a pull on the end It of the stay the portion I I of the half hitch will jam against the adjacent sides of the turns [4, thereby securely anchoring the half hitch against slipping, and the stay against upward displacement on the V stake.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A stake comprisingv an elongated wooden body member, a chambered downwardly tapered metallic ground piercing body point carried by.

stake, a frustoconically the lower end of the shaped lower end on the body member and entirely filling the chamber of the metallic body of the point, a hard steel ground piercing tip, [said tip having a threaded member extending upwardly-axially through the metallic body point I and threaded into the lower end of the body member.

2. A stake comprising an elongated cylindrical wooden body member, the upper end of said body member being frustoconically shaped on a reduced diameter thereby forming a shoulder, a frustoconically shaped sleeve surrounding the Irustoconically shaped upper end of the body member and a metallic ground piercing member carried by the lower end of the stake and tapered to a sharp point.

JOSEPH FRANCIS LE GERE. 

